Socialist Modernism – is an initiative developed by BACU – Birou pentru Artăşi Cercetare Urbană (Bureau for Art and Urban Research). Our approach is focused on protection of built heritage and the research within the borders of the former Eastern bloc, we advocate for the protection of the Socialist Modernism architecture erected in the period between 1955-91. We are dealing with the protection / monitoring / research / preservation of the current state of those cities, including the buildings, monuments, parks, squares, entire districts and green areas, etc. In the first phase of this project we will concentrate on the analysis / research / study, followed by the second phase, when we will elaborate regulations and will deal with education of local authorities and inhabitants of those protected areas, through a legislative program concerning the architectural stylistics of the buildings/districts erected in socialist era.

Socialist Modernism platform is a B.A.C.U. Association project that fights for the acknowledgement of certain socialist landmarks as historic monuments. We focus on neighbourhoods, buildings, monuments, parks, squares, entire districts and green areas etc. built between 1955 and 1989/1991 in the former socialist bloc (Central and Eastern Europe), in order to research, document and add them to a database (including information on their location, current condition, designers and history).